CALIFORNIA ITEMS.
By the steamers we have received San
Francisco papers to the 1st of April.
Passengers by the Georgia report that
gold is moiv plentiful than ever, mid that
property has somewhat fallen in prices.
* lutijivius jiim l'veil luxuries are very
abundant in San Francisco.
The Legislature.?The day previous
to the sailing of the. California, the collector
of the customs in San Francisco
was notified that the money collected for
duties must be paid over to the State
1 -
uu.viiiiuvuv in incuiiiiiucv 1111 h resolution
pas-.ed by the Tlegislature, and
steps are being taken to form an independent
Government. Commodore Jones
il is said is about to take active measures
to prevent it.
A law has passed the Legislature imposing
a tax of 25 dollars a month on
every foreigner who wnrh< in
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A bill has been introdueod in the Assembl)'
to provide for (he inspection of
steamboats at San Francisco Also, a
bill to suppress gambling.
A resolution was adopted, instructing
the judiciary committee to prepare and
report at as early a day as possible, a bill
to prevent the immigration of all persons
not citizens of the United 6'tates from
any pnrt ot (lie .penal settlements of
Europe. A bill of that description was
reported on the '20th of March.
yln act to incorporate the city of San
Francisco has passed I he Senate.
Election of Judges.?The following
gentlemen have been elected judges of
the several judicial districts:
Districts. Districts.
T. O. S. Wcthcrby, 0. Jas S. Thomas,
2. II. A. Tift, 1. Hobt. Hopkins,
3. John Watson, I y. W. K. Tumor.
4. Levi Parsons, 0. \V. Sherwood, '
5. C. M. Creamer,
The salary cf liio oflico has heen fixed :
by the Legislature at ?7,.500 per annum. !
From the Gold Regions.?The Pacific
News of the 1201h of March has the following
information relation to alleged <lis- ;
coveries of gold on the Eastern slope of ,
the Sierra Navada:
The existence of gold on the Eastern
slope of the Sierra Nevada, although not
seriously questioned since its discovery
on the numerous streams heading on the
Western side of the chain, has never
been authenticated in a form as to leave
the matter free from doubt. A gentleman
who has just arrived in t his city fiomlhc
East by the way of the Great Salt Lake
and Los vlngclos, informs us that the
nuostion is sntllorV
In what quantities the gold exists lie
is unable to say, as a want of provisions
precluded his party from hailing long
enough to test the richness of the discovery.
The metal was found on the surface
of rotten granate and to a certain
depth intermingled with it, forming the
bed of a stream then dry. Its locality
is about two hundred miles from Los
Angelos, on the old Spanish trail between
that DlflCfi and ftrmtn 10r> 11>^
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borhood of the Little Salt Lake. A
party has left Los Angclos for the spot,
prepared to test the availability of this
new placer.
The Pacific News of March 30 ciys
that the travel towards (lie Southern
mines is increasing every day. and the
prospects in that region, the coming
season, are more flattering than last year.
N.^iv r.ln ,c 1 ?
.. mv, uiouuii-iui us i;.\pioiations
arc made, and new towns laid out
as the 1 population increases. Stock is
said to be growing rapidly, and business
becoming brisk as the roads to the mines
bccome passable.
Extract of a letter addressed to James
Gordon Bennett, by J. A. Scoville, Esq.,
late Private Secretary of the lion. .Tolm
C. Calhoun, and published in the New
York Herald, 3d May 1850:
Since writincr the foi-nnrninrf T linvn
9 " n w
read the following extract from a speech
made at Charleston by Gov. Seabrook,
of South Carolina, to Mr. Vcnable, of
North Carolina.
'I trust it will not be considered a departure
from the strict rules of propriety
to say to an honorable member of Congress,
before me, that the Palmetto Slate
owes him a debt of gratitude, which at
her bidding, and in obedience to my own
f 1: T ?
iiTt-niifrs, i um imperatively summoned, at
this time, to liquidate in part. From (lie
first day of Mr. Calhoun's protracted illness
to the moment when death achieved
his victory, you, Mr. Venable, were
rarely absent from his bedside. With the
anxious solicitude of a devoted friend,
you administered to his wants, und watched
the reflux of the noble stream whose
fertilizing powers were about to be buried
in the great ocean cf eternity.'
I would not say one word but for its
gross injustice to others by implication,
j/r. Venable boarded in the same house
Xvit.ll Afr f~1sillw\nr?
....... a.-. . . v/iMiii/uii, uiivi 01/ uiu iihdiy
other members?and all were equally
kind and attentive. Forihelast month that
John C. Calhoun lived, Mr. Venable coiled
in his room very often during the day
and evening. Mr. Calhoun did not re
quire any closer attention?for the last
thirty days of his life, either his son John
or myself, night and day, woro with him.
After the arrival of John C. Calhoun, jr.
Mr/i #AA!/ invne * 1* rt,w'
ttv> tv/vix mi no in w aiciiin^ mill, ailil
either suL up in his room or wore in Mr.
Orr's room, who, for nearly a month (his
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iftiwMim i 1?anww?Imi-i mt tr
room opened into Mr. Calhoun's) placed
it at ihe service of those of us who were
in constant attendance upon Mr. Calhoun.
The latter often expressed to mc his gratitude
for Mr. Orr's kindness, and his
r. _ ^i 4 v i ic . .
ieirs iiiu jonn or myseu \vci\5 pulling i
him to a great deal of inconvenience. 1
j Mr. Orr could not have done more than
ho did. Mr. Woodward, Ocn. McQueen,
; Gen. Wallace, also of the South Carolina
delegation, were as devoted as men
could be. Mr. Colcroft and My. Hurt
,i:.i .... t.i n . 'i 1 ti:ii i...? ? _
wiu inn iumuuom uupuui mil, uul not ;i
day passed, 1 believe, that their services
were not placed at his disposal. Mr.
Burt, who was nearly connected with
Mr. Calhoun by marriage, was up with
) in several times in the day and evening,
and watched to see what could be
done more than was done, until he fell
pick qimself, and at the time Mv. Calhoun
died, was confined (o his own room. His I
! colleague, Judge Butler, was there daily;
Mr. Hunter also. The formei chief clerk
! and secretury of Mr. Calhoun, Richard i
K. Cralle, came on from Lynchburg, |
: was in Washington a week, and took a
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turn with John and myself in sitting with
j Mr. Calhoun. 7/is old friend Elwood
l'ishor was there every day, and every
member of (Congress?Messrs. Clemens,
Harris, Fealherstone, Hubbard, and Bow
den, who boarded in the house with Mr.
Calhoun; as well as Mr. Venable, were
ucvoicu 10 doing anything that they
could do, to make him comfortable du- j
ring (he last month of his illness. Some j
of these gentlemen were as often by the
bedside of Mr. Calhoun as ^^v. Yenable,
though not all present when lie was |
dying.
I am, very respectfully,
Your ob'dt servant
T.. ..1. A
CIVJOl |MI u'V. KJUU \ IIIU.
i o James (Gordon Dennett, esq.
keowe! : courier.
Friday", ITIay 17, tSSoT
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t The present number completes the first |
volume of the Kcowec Courier, and with
it terminates our Editorial charge, i
I Twolv-n mnntlie nnrri iitnvnAi i ?..1 I
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mere novices, we entered upon ihe du- ,
j lies of this department under the most
unfavorable auspices. The enterprise
lias succeeded beyond the most sanguine
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fully our duties have been discharged,
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was neither the hope of pecuniary gain
| nor the acquisition of honor that lured us
I to tnc position from which we are about
retiring'; sensible of the wants of our District,
ami being invited to the charga, we
complied, and if we have contributed to
the elevation of its standing, at home or
abroad, if we have boon instrumental in
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, fulfilled.
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j thanks for their generous patronage in
time of need, and for the nhnritnhln fni*
bearancc extended to us in our efforts to
serve them.
We also take this occasion to say that
the Courier will very soon he enlarged
and improved so as to compare favorably
in size with any of the weekly journals
I in the State, and beintr so enluro-rwl wr?
O ^
! recommend it to the favorable regard of
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every patriotic citizen of the District,
j The subscription price will remain unchanged.
To our brethren of the press, with
I whom we have enjoyed a regular e.\,
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ciKingc, wc icnuer our grateiul acknowledgments
for their generous courtesy to
us. And especially arc wo indebted to
| the, Carolinian, Telegraph, Charleston
i Courier, Mercury, and to the Constitutionalist
for thcr kind attention and recrnlar
exchange.
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i limiting leavcoi me duties of'markI
ing copy', writing editorial, and 'reading
! proof,' we may be permitted to express
a heart-felt desire for the future success
of the Courier?the happiness of our
patro. s?the prosperity of our cotempo
rarics, and to all an affectionate farewell.
The Editorial department of this Pannr
will hn rurolimlixi (~i<-,> l... "vit
K. Easi.kv, Esq., a citizen of this District,
and eminently qualified to discharge
the responsibilities of such position. He
is n young man of fine talents and liberal
education?.1 icady writer, nnd sour.d on
m
nil the political questions o.r the day
In transferring the charge of the Courier
to Af\\ Kaslcy, wo do so with the utmost !
confidence in his integrity> capacity, and i
Vnergy to render it equal to any paper in I 1
the tip-country. j I
SCHOOL FOR THE MUTE. ]
We learn from the Spartan, that the
school for the mute, established in Spar- ?
tanburff District bv Rev. N. O. Wnlkor.
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is in successful operation, and is rapidly J j
fulfilling tliemost sanguine expectations I ,
of tlic public. Mr. W. has engaged the i (
services of Mr. Springs, a mute, and an (
accomplished scholar, to aid him in con- ;
ducting the school. They have at this ,
time under Ihgir care, and receiving in-| ,
si ruction, thirteen unite students?eiirlit ,
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males and five females?all of whom arc ! .
maldng very perceptible improvement ' j
The scliool located at Cedar Spring, four ,
miles from Spartanburg C 11. The j
Knilrrinrr io nrwl .*!? ?
w?...u.u^ 10 MUgv/ (IIIV1 Oil j ! (Mill Mill I Willi- (
dc.d by a beautiful growth of forest trees- ]
For the laudable effort to. impart light
and knowledge to the benighted mind? j
to elevate the moral and intellectual con- i
dition of such of our race as arc by nature,
deprived ol the most important organs i
through which information is communionled
to (ho mind, Mv. W. is entitled to the
lasting gratitude of the humane and the h
benevolent. Parents who are so unfor- |
tunateas to have mute children, should, \
at once, embrace the opportunity of pla- i
umg mum in inecnarge 01 Mr. walker- |
Wc also take this occasion of reminding
indigent parents desiring to educate
such children, that the State has set
apart a fund, to be applied to the cducatiov
of deaf, :lumb, and blind children,
within the State, of which generous pro
11 i * 1 * * * '
viMun an sucn persons snouiu unuoivMcil- |
1) avail themselves.
BATTALION MUSTER.
Tnc Lower Battalion of the 5th llegi- i
ment S. ( . M. assembled at Kcnnemoro's
Old Field on ^Saturday last, in command
of 7/ollirisworth, for review. The
day was pleasant, and officers, soldiers,
and citizcns were prompt in their attendance
at the parade ground. The evolutions
for the occasion were well selected
and very correctly, performed by the battalion.
Although many of the officers
are young in otlioo, the evidences of ca- |
pacity presented on this occasion, afford |
abundant hope that the battalion will, at
no distant day be most efficiently officered.
Good order and sobriety prevailed
as loiiL' as avc remained.
IT RAINS, IT RAINS.
On Tuesday night and Wednesday
evening last, we had drenching rains, and
on Wednesday evening the rain was unusually
heavy, accompanied with wind
and an abundance of hail. Wo arc very
apprehensive that the wheat in sections!
visited by the bail, has suffered greatly. !
The wheat crop of this District promises
well up to this time, but we have reason
to fear a short crop of corn, for indeed
the ground has been so constantly wet
as in many places to prevent farmers
from planting at all. However, with a
tew dry days now, and a favorable fall,
corn planted after this will do well.
DEATH OF JUDGE RICHARDSON.
With feelings of deep regret we announce
the death of the Hon. JohnS.
Richardson. He died at the Carolina
Hotel, iii Charleston, on the 9th inst. after
a protracted and severe illness of about
fivo weeks, at the age of 73 years, lie
was taken sick on his circuit at Walterborough,
aud by his own request removed
to Charleston, where his family
and friends gathered around his bed to
soothe his dying momonts. Judge Richardson
was a native of this State, and at
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uiuuic.ib uun-a iiuui uie oinces ot uepresensitive
in the (State Legislature, .Speak
cr of the 7/ousc of Representatives, vlttorney
General, Judge of the Oourt of
Common Pleas, and President of the
Court of vlppeals. All these places he
' -~.il ? x ?
mien ay 1111 grcjit acuity, ana gave general
satifaciion to all interested. Jlo. held the
office of Judge for nearly thirty-two
years, and won the esteem of lawyers
nnd their clients, and goes down to the
grave covered with merited honors.
\V. C. PaESTON has given notice to !
the Trustees of tho South Carolina col
lege that he will resign his sent as President
of that Institution at Iheir meeting
n December.
Conouess.?Mr. Clay from the committee
of 13 has made his report to the
Senate. We have not had the opportunity
of examining the report, though we
iave it on our hies, we promise, however, I
:o publish it next week at large. We
may also observe, that it has not been
manimously adopted by the committee, 1
md great opposition to its provisions
seem to spring up in the senate, llowjver
solicitous we all arc to have an adjustment
of this important question, wo
should by no means catch hastily at ev>ry
thing vhich bears even the semblance
:>f right and compromise. We should be
satisfied that our rights are regarded and
3ur interest protected in such way as to
render the enjoyment of them permanent;
and knowing this to be true, we
should be ready to compromise no matter
from what source the proposition
somes. To give our readers an idua of |
[lie measures proposed by the committee
r*fl.T M>n nt.htScli 1),?
lation of lho measures recommended by
lb em and embraced in their report.
1. The admission of any new State or
States formed out of 7'ox?h (o be jlOStponed
until (bey shall hereafter present
themselves to be recciv.-d into the I'nion,
when it will be the duty of Congress fair
ly and faithfully to execute the compact
with Tex ts by admitting such new State
or States
2 The admission forthwith of California
into the Union, with the boundaries which
she has proposed.
;5 me establishment oi territorial gov- j
ernments, without the IPilmot Proviso,
for New Mexico and Utah, embracing all
the territory recently acquired by the U11
ited jStates from Mexico not contained
in the boundaries of California.
1 The combination of these two last
mentioned measures in the same bill.
5 jHie establishment of the western
l i4. i _r rn % .u
(I I III 111)1 I llil II U< HllHlill \ ()| 1 I'AclS, JUKI I llC
t- xelusion from her jurisdiction of all Now
Mexico, with the grant to Texas of a pecuniary
equivalent. And tho section for !
that purpose to be incorporated in the bill
admitting California and establishing :
territorial government for Utah and New
/1/exico.
A Afni-n r>fTi>r?f mil rn,nr>lmt>nls lii
sccurc the prompt delivery of persons
bound to service or labor in one State,
under the laws thereof, who escapc into
another Slate.
And 7 Abstaining from abolishing |
shiverv: but. under a hcavv ncnaltv. nro- !
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hibiting the slave trade in the District of
0 olumbia.
The bills were then read a first lime by
their titles.
Mr. C lay moved they be read a second
time, and made the special order of the
dav for to-morrow, and minted.
SOUTHERN CON VENTION.
DKl.F.G ATF.S FROM SOUTH CAROI.WA.
From the State a I larrjc?L. Cl * /cs,
Beaufort; It. W. Barnweil, /faaufoti, F
II. Elmore, Charleston; j. II. Hammond,
Barnwell.
First Congressional District.?(Spar- |
tantmrg, union, \ orK, aim Chester )?
Ex-Governor David Johnson, Union:
W. C. Beatty, York, Altcrmtes, Dr.
Samuel Otterson, Spartanburg; John A.
Bradley, Chester.
Second Conycssioml District.?(An- i
Hnr?rm PmLnn< ( r w>r>nvillo null T.nnrnno\ i
J, N. Whitner, Anderson; II. C. Youncr,
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Laurens.
'Third Congressional District.?(Fair- ;
field, Kershaw, Lancaster, Kichland and I
Snmter)-Jas. Chesnut, Jr., Kershaw;
Maxcy Qre{-'g, Itichland. Alternates, F,
Sin ml or* V. W ITupv. T
Fourth Congressional D/.s7r/ctf.-(Chestcrfield,
Marlborough, 7/orrv, Darlington,
Georgetown, 3/arion and Williamsburg.)
It. F. W. Allston, Georgetown; W. J.
Hnnna, Chesterfield. ^
Fifth Conr/ressionctt District.?TCdgefield,
Abbeville, Newberry and Lexington.)?Drayton
Nance, Newberry F. W.
Pickens,Edgefield. Alternates, John A.
Calhoun. Abbeville: Jas. Jones. Fdcre
o
field.
Sixth Congressional District.- (Char- j
leston District, excluding Parish of St.
Johns Colleton)?George A. 7renholm,
Charleston; \V, DuBose, Pineville.
Seventh Congressional District.?(Orangehuig,
Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, |
and Parish of St.. Johns Colleton)?It.
Barnwell Rhett, Beaufort; D. X1'. Jamison
urangeourg.
CiiAur.KrTON, May 13,
COTTON".
There was a good attendance of buyers
in the market to-day, and the demand
was quite animated. The sales nmountcd
to f,.'J00 bales, at an improvement of
I 8 in prices. Quotations 10 1-4 a 13.
The Telegraph ,ays:
'Mr. Orrof our /.State, hns made liis
maiden speech in congress, on the Southern
Question, on Wednesday last. A
full report has not yet reached us.
Actions speak louder than words.
Think twice Wore you speak.
[Correspondence of tlto Charleston Courier.]
Washington, Mpy 7, 18o0.
Tlie Senate was thinly attended yes*
terdav, notwithstanding the return to tho
city of a number of Senators, who had
been absent. Mr. Hunter's bill, to establish
:i Board of Accounts, for the pro
tcclion ol the Government and of individual
claimants, was considered and debated.
The statements and arguments
urged by Afr. Hunter and others, to I
empty scats, were very able. Only <0110 I
subject can draw a full house?to wit:
slavery. We have had little else, and,
after a few days, shall have nothing else.
The compromise committee had a
meeting yesterday, and -Vr. Mason, Mr.
Berrien, and Mr. Dickinson attended.?
The two former, it is said, objected to
what had been done. Obstacles have
been presented to the Compromise by
other Southern men. They oppose the
admission of California with hcrassumed
boiuu.aries. Still, however, it is believed
that Mr. Clay's scheme will prevail, after
a very hard struggle.
The into*ccpted letter of Sir Henry
Uulwer to .1/r. CnnHicld is much lothed.
It has n(lorded some amusement, especially
to those opposed to the ndministralinn
At fKrt r?mn \\ lw?n
ltvtl, Aiv V..V iiinu u IIVII *0 U<ld? lltlUll |
the course of Mr. Clayton was considpr?'<1
hold doubtful, nnd many apprehended
that he was in favor of asserting
the Monroe doctrine. &ir Ilonry's letter
rebukes both British and American pretentions.
His remark, that the administration
is weak and unpopular, will not,
of course, be very palitable to some of
thf: parties concerned; but he shows that
the policy ot Ureal Britain is based oa
o-ood sense. Every pretension set up by
J/r. Oliatfield is abandoned.
The Senate have ordered that thirty
thousand copies of the second part of the
n . A * ' VM' T? -
i auMii Venice lveport Do printed. The
first part was not very well received, and
Mr. Foole look occasion, yesterday, to
ridicule Mr. Ewbank's production. But,
with the second part, concerning agriculture,
Mr. Ewbank had no concern. Itis
got up by Dr. Loo, of New-York, who
will be put at the head of the agricultural
bureau, should one be established.
The Senate bill to establish a Board of
viniculture appropriates only sixteen
thousand dollars for the object, and most
of this sum is for salaries. It is proposed
1?- : - - -1
iv> iiiiivju uuiiiiiiisMuuur, u cncmiai, ft sccrolai
v, a clerk, and ft messenger. The
scheme is not well digested; but every
thi'v must have a beginning.
The Census bill will be finished in the
House to-day. Mr. Vinton's amendments
will be adopted in part.
We have a rumor that an exclusive
.Southern press is 'o he established here,
to counteract the influence of the National
Era, which is an abolition paper,
and is better supported than any paper
in this city, as far as subscriptions go.
Correspondence of the Spartan.
Washington, April 20, 1850.
Tt is a part of the policy of the North
now, inasmuch as the South manifests so
much solicitude about compromises, to
delude the people with false hopes. A few
days ago, Jl/uClurnuwl of Illinois, introduced
a bill in the House as a measure
of peace, a compromise?the first clase
of lll'nvi/liW ?
w. .. ...v.. |M w? IV.V.J IVIIIIVIKII UUVUIInients
for Utah and Ne<v Mcx'ico, without
thcWilmot Proviso. But why docs he
thus propose to say nothing about the
Proviso, in these Territorial Governments?
Because the whole North, JVcClernnrd
himself among them declare, that slavery
is already excluded from these territories
by the laws of Mexico, and that
slavery cannot go there, until these Mexican
laws arc repealed by an act of Con
gress?and all know that no such act can
or will he passed. This is MeCIernand's
compromise, which has been much lauded
by a portion of the Southern patriots
here. A compromise wh ich excludes
the $outh from every foot of the new territories.
But this masked battery of the Illinois
politician, was uncoventA pi the samo
momgpt he introduced ?l, by Carter of
()hio/%ho introduced nn amendment, declaring
that the Mexican laws excluded
slavery from these territories.-?Thus wo
have the Wilmot Proviso, the Executive
Proviso, and the Mexican Proviso, which
nil mean the same thing, to wit: that the
South shall have no part or lot in all the
splendid acquisitions by the late treaty
with Mexico. T'liis is the feast to which
all these coin promises invite us. I again
repeat, let the South light up her lamps
of resistance. V.IUNIUS.
Extraordinary Case of Longevity.?
~i,i ,1: ?I *I.J_ -
I'llKUly till Uiu llt'lflUSS, U1UU 111 tlllM Ulty II
few days ngo at tlio ago of one hundred
and twenty-three year9. She was a servant
in a family residing at the Great
Bridge, when the memorahJo battlo was
fought there in 1775, between Col.
Woodford's Virginia troops and tho British
grenadiers, wider Cant Fordyce, and
was at that timo ft grandmother, ft fact
which attests Iffcr age. She was blind
for a number of years, but recovered her
sight when passed her bund red th year,
so that sho could see to thread ft cftrabrio
needle; nnd having lost nil her tooth, she
cut nn entiro set about the same timo.
She was remarkably sprightly and industrious
to thu ?[Norfolk Herald.